//environment variables
require('dotenv').config();

//libraries
let fs = require('fs');
let path = require('path');

const newsRequest = () => (req, res) => {
	let fpath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', 'news');
	let fileNames = fs.readdirSync(fpath);

	//set the maximum
	let max = parseInt(req.body.max);
	if (max > fileNames.length) {
		max = fileNames.length;
	}

	//build the object to send
	let json = {} //TODO: caching

	//send each file as json
	for (let i = 0; i < max; i++) {
		json[fileNames[fileNames.length - i - 1]] = fs.readFileSync(path.join(fpath, fileNames[fileNames.length - i - 1]), 'utf8');
	}

	//actually send the data
	res.json(json);
	res.end();
}

module.exports = {
	newsRequest: newsRequest
}